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Kindergarten Launch Academy

KLA

All About KLA:

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Kindergarten Launch Academy (KLA) is an optional alternative to starting traditional kindergarten. KLA is an additional year of schooling designed for our youngest learners. It provides students with a  strong foundation for academic and social success as they begin their educational journey and before they attend a traditional kindergarten classroom. 

KLA ensures that our youngest learners are prepared for the challenges and joys of of traditional schooling, setting them on a path to lifelong success.

With KLA, students have extended exposure to Ohio's Kindergarten Standards: 

  • Phonological awareness, letter names/sounds, vocabulary
  • Number sense/counting, patterns, and problem-solving
  • Students engage in explicit fine motor skills practice: cutting, coloring, handwriting
  • Daily hands-on and play-based learning opportunities enhance students’ social and self-regulation skills, empathy, problem-solving, collaboration, and communication.

Students who are enrolled in KLA will complete two years of kindergarten:

  • Year 1: Full-day KLA classroom
  • Year 2: Full-day traditional or STEM kindergarten classroom 

All About KLA

Executive Director of Curriculum and Instruction 
Amy Cruse
crusea@parmacityschools.org
 

Supervisor of Curriculum and Instruction
Amy Szeremet
szeremeta@parmacityschools.org 
(440) 885-8316